Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
Spotlight on VPM Original Content
Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
-
Roughly 40 data centers of varying sizes are located in the county.
-
Fredericksburg has strong ties to the military and to resettled Afghans, along with faith communities that support both groups.
-
Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning May 19.
-
Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
-
Review relies in part on the former Division of Inclusive Excellence.
-
Then things got complicated.
NPR News
-
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., warns President Trump's cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting will negatively affect millions of people.
-
A study of mice and people looks at how the brain takes an experience, like being cut off in traffic, and responds with an emotion, like road rage.
-
Remember those assignments when you were little about what you wanted to be when you grow up? You might hear doctor, astronaut or Navy SEAL. Jonny Kim has been all three.
-
The ripple effects of the Trump administration's anti-trans and DEI policies and rhetoric can be felt throughout this year's WorldPride festival.
-
The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad